22 May 1972: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Monday, May 22, 1972 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 387,213,120 breaths and experienced over 2,212,646,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 470,187,360 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 52 years, and 7 months

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation X

🐀 Born in → The Year of the Rat

😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?💤 Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 6,402 days of your life or 17.54 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Godfather

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Oh Girl" by Chi-Lites (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♊ May 22 zodiac sign is Gemini ?There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears.

🔢 Your life path number is 1 ?Numerology links numbers to certain traits, much like how astrology connects planets and zodiac signs to characteristics. It’s used to understand personality, predict future happenings, and explore life’s meaning.

🪐 Your ruling planet is Mercury ☿

🪨 Your birthstone is Emerald ?Each month is represented by a specific birthstone, symbolizing the birth month of an individual. The properties associated with that birthstone are believed to be “inherited” by the person born in that particular month.

🌷 The birth flower for May is Lily of the valley ?Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody’s birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be “inherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.

📅 Your lucky day → Wednesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Deer

⭐ Celebrities born on May 22nd

1936

Toshiaki Tsushima, Japanese film score composer

1942

Barbara Parkins, Canadian-American actress (Betty-Peyton Place, Asylum)

1913

Carlyle Blackwell Jr, American actor (The Pilgrim Lady, The Triumph of the Rat)

1941

Paul Winfield, American actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack)

1938

Frank Converse, American actor (It's About Time, Dr Cook's Garden, Movin' On)

1960

Hideaki Anno, Japanese film director and animator (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

1908

Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker and cinematographer (Tang)

1973

Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor ("Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes"; "Riders of Justice")

📜 Historical events on this date

1570

1st atlas'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' (Theatre of the World), published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp with 70 maps.

1843

1st wagon train with 700 - 1000 migrants, departs Independence, Missouri for Oregon.

1939

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel" in Berlin, Germany.

1946

First US rocket (WAC Corporal) to reach edge of space fired from White Sands Missile Range New Mexico.

2014

Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha stage a coup in Thailand, suspending the kingdom's constitution and taking control of the government, the 12th since the country's first coup in 1932.

🎄 Holidays on May 22

National Vanilla Pudding Day

National Vanilla Pudding Day, celebrated on May 22, is a fun holiday where everyone is encouraged to indulge in the sweet and creamy taste of vanilla pudding, putting aside their diet worries for a day.

National Solitaire Day

National Solitaire Day, celebrated on May 22, is a day to appreciate the classic card game of solitaire, highlighting its rich history and how it has been a source of entertainment for many people for a long time.

National Craft Distillery Day

National Craft Distillery Day, celebrated every May 22, is all about appreciating the unique and creative alcoholic drinks made by small, independent companies.

🏆 Sports in 1972

🏒 NHL

Boston Bruins defeated New York Rangers (4 - 2) to win the 1972 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Dallas Cowboys beat Miami Dolphins (24 - 3) to win Super Bowl VI on January 16, 1972 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

Oakland Athletics beat Cincinnati Reds (4 - 3) to win the 1972 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1972 US Open Championships, Ilie Nastase defeated Arthur Ashe (3-6, 6-3, 6-7(1-5), 6-4, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Billie Jean King beat Kerry Melville Reid (6-3, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 22, 1972 can be written as V-XXII-MCMLXXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 22, 1972
→ Day Index: 143rd day of 1972
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 4th Monday of 1972
→ Next same calendar year: 2028
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 53 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 27,659,414 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,402 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 210 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.54 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 651 🌔
→ Life path number: 1
→ Zodiac sign: Gemini ♊
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
→ Birth flower: Lily of the valley
→ Birthstone: Emerald
→ Spirit Animal: Deer
→ Power Color: Yellow
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1972: 3,851,545,181 Source: un.org

The 1972 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2028. So, mark your calendars!

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